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I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is either too much law and order or too little.

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Christopher Hitchens
Age: 62 †
Born: 1949
Born: April 13
Died: 2011
Died: December 15
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Christopher Eric Hitchens
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